This position will be assigned to the Hon. Christine M. Clark, Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department, Schenectady County and located in the City of Schenectady. Duties include but are not limited to: preparing confidential legal memoranda; conducting legal research; drafting proposed statements and decisions; proofreading opinions; assisting with the duties of law clerk; and participating as a member of the Attorney Emeritus Program Team. Additional secretarial responsibilities are required and include typing, filing, answering telephone calls and emails, drafting letters, organizing files, preparing and circulating confidential proposed statements and decisions or vote sheets, putting together session binders and computer files, monitoring the court's dock-et and performing other normal and customary secretarial tasks. An ideal candidate should possess excellent organizational skills, legal writing and research skills and computer proficiency.

QUALIFICATIONS: Graduation from an accredited law school no more than three (3) years prior to appointment and admission to the New York State Bar within eighteen months of appointment; or Appointment within three (3) years of first admission to any bar in the United States.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES: All interested persons meeting the minimum qualifications are encouraged to submit a UCS-5 Application for Employment form (obtainable from any administrative office in a court building or on the web at http://www.nycourts.gov/careers/UCS5.pdf), a cover letter, resume, unofficial law school transcript and legal writing sample to AD3-Employment@nycourts.gov or mail to: Hon. Christine M. Clark Appellate Division, Third Department P. O. Box 7288, Capitol Station Albany, New York 12224

APPLICATIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED OR RECEIVED BY: December 4, 2026

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